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Changing Diastolic Closure Rates (E to F Slopes) in a Patient With Mitral Stenosis: A Case Report

Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, New York, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Howard S. Friedman

Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, New York, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

A patient with mitral stenosis and atrial flutter was found to have a normal diastolic closure rate (E to F slope). Fol lowing cardioversion, the typical echo cardiographic features of mitral stenosis were found. After various interventions that increased heart rate, however, the diastolic closure rate increased. This re port demonstrates, therefore, that the E to F slope is not always a fixed value in mitral stenosis and that under certain conditions it may even appear to be nor mal.

Angiology, Vol. 30, No. 1, 62-66 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/000331977903000109


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